From the Polish Żyrardów coming writer, translator and promoter of Czech-Polish literary and cultural relations Paweł Hulka-Laskowski (1881–1946) was one of those who in an atmosphere of conflict on the frontier at the end of the 1930s when the mutual animosity between Czechs and Poles unleashed the governments of both countries to find objective truth about the national character of the Poles and Czechs, built bridges, which would help unite neighboring nations working together, exchanging ideas, interaction of cultures. The article, in addition to the literary aspect, aims to remind the readers of the work and activities of the Czech Republic almost forgotten Polish writer of Czech origin, associated especially with the translation of Hašek's The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War into Polish.